Beachfront Philosopher Mugs

"The oceans rose another quarter inch this year."

"Nation-building never works."

"Ooooh, I bet that feels nice."

Academics At The Beach: The Old Man And The Sea

Goldfish bowl on raft...

He can identify a fly taken by a trout at fifty yards range.

Kid to fellow fisherman: 'Why do they stink like fish when they've been bathing this whole time?'

'Still think nuclear testing is harmless?'

"Take your first left and then keep turning left until you eventually float to the top."

Of pitting his own wits against their natural cunning

A Poem about Sand

'Oh, come on - If you're gonna mess up my castle, take the whole thing.'

Shallow End (Slightly innocuous statements) - Deep End (a little more weighty)

"It ain't easy, Doc. There's a lot of pier pressure."

'How's the water, dear?'

How Relaxing It Is To Go To The Beach. . . How Close You Live To The Beach.

'...the really big ones can be found.'

"We're not on vacation anymore. The company folded."

"Wanna play 'Waitin’ on the Cable Guy'?"

Mozart on a lilo

"Alarmingly, after five minutes the pool had come no closer."

'Perhaps we should leave details of the divorce settlement until after we are married.'

"So I leave eggs on the ground, and then you come along and drop your whatever on them? That's your idea of romance?"

"The perfect killing machine? Is that all I am to you?"

Fish near-death experiences.

'Wow, swimming IS great exercise! The bathroom scale I put down here shows I'm 20 pounds lighter!'

"Don't be afraid of sharks. They generally attack only when provoked."

"IBM up 2 1/4, ATT down a 1/4,GM ... "

Artist Misses the Point

As the years passed, Grandpa became more absent minded...

Lemmings on Vacation

Fish Food

"You're overthinking this."

"But if you teach him to fish, you have fed him for a lifetime."

'Despite anosmia she fonded her penuche.'